The 250-word Microfiction Challenge
is an international creative writing competition,
now in its inaugural year, that challenges participants to create
original short stories (250 words max.) based on genre,
action, and word assignments. The event is organized by NYC
Midnight Movie Making Madness, an organization that has been holding
exciting creative competitions since 2002 and is dedicated to
discovering and promoting a new wave of talented storytellers.
NYC Midnight currently also runs the
Flash Fiction Challenge,
Screenwriting Challenge,
Short Screenplay Challenge,
and Short Story Challenge.